United States at the 1924 Winter Olympics

United States at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Chamonix
Competitors	24 (22 men, 2 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Clarence John "Taffy" Abel (ice hockey)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
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The United States competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.

Medalists

Further information: 1924 Winter Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Charles Jewtraw	Speed skating	500 meters	January 26
Silver	Beatrix Loughran	Figure skating	Women's singles	January 31
Silver	United States men's national ice hockey team Taffy Abel Herbert Drury N. Geran Alphonse Lacroix John Langley John Lyons Justin McCarthy Willard Rice Irving Small Frank Synott	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	February 3
Bronze	Anders Haugen	Ski jumping	Normal hill individual	February 4

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Carleton	18 km	1:45:49.8	30
Anders Haugen		1:55:04.2	33
Ragnar Omtvedt		2:05:03.0	35
Sigurd Overby		1:34:56.0	19

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Nathaniel Niles	Men's singles	4	9	274.47	46	6
Theresa Blanchard	Ladies' singles	4	4	249.53	27	4
Beatrix Loughran		2	3	279.85	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Points	Score	Rank
Theresa Blanchard Nathaniel Niles	Pairs	39	9.07	6

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round				Medal round
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Belgium W 19–0	France W 22–0	Great Britain W 11–0	1 Q	Sweden W 20–0	Canada L 1–6

Roster

Clarence Abel

Herbert Drury

Alphonse Lacroix

John Langley

John Lyons

Justin McCarthy

Willard Rice

Irving Small

Frank Synott

First round
The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
United States	3	3	0	52	0
Great Britain	3	2	1	34	16
France	3	1	2	9	42
Belgium	3	0	3	8	45

28 Jan	United States	19:0 (9:0,6:0,4:0)	Belgium
30 Jan	France	0:22 (0:12,0:1,0:9)	United States
31 Jan	United States	11:0 (6:0,2:0,3:0)	Great Britain

Medal round
Results from the group round (Canada-Sweden and United States-Great Britain) carried forward to the medal round.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Canada	3	3	0	47	3
United States	3	2	1	32	6
Great Britain	3	1	2	6	33
Sweden	3	0	3	3	46

1 Feb	United States	20:0 (5:0,7:0,8:0)	Sweden
3 Feb	Canada	6:1 (2:1,3:0,1:0)	United States

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1924 Winter Olympics

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 km race of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes (here: 4) could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Time	Points	Points	Rank
John Carleton	Individual	fall	fall	5.833	1:45:49	4.375	5.104	22
Anders Haugen		fall	46.0	11.500	1:55:04	0.000	5.750	21
Ragnar Omtvedt		fall	fall	0.000	2:05:03	0.000	0.000	23
Sigurd Overby		40.0	39.5	14.562	1:34:56	9.875	12.219	11

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics

The event was unusual in that the bronze medalist was not determined for fifty years. Thorleif Haug of Norway was awarded third place at the event's conclusion, but a clerical error in calculating Haug's score was discovered in 1974 by Jacob Vaage, who further determined Anders Haugen of the United States, who had finished fourth, had actually scored 0.095 points more than Haug. The International Olympic Committee verified this, and in Oslo in September 1974, Haug's daughter presented the medal to the 86-year-old Haugen.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Lemoine Batson	Normal hill	43.5	16.208	13	42.5	16.192	16.200	14
Anders Haugen		44.0	18.333	3	44.5	17.500	17.917
Harry Lien		40.0	15.333	16	41.5	14.502	14.918	16

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Charles Jewtraw	500 m	44.0
Harry Kaskey		47.0	12
Joe Moore		45.6	8
Bill Steinmetz		47.8	14
Charles Jewtraw	1500 m	2:31.6	8
Harry Kaskey		2:29.8	7
Joe Moore		2:31.6	8
Bill Steinmetz		2:36.0	12
Valentine Bialas	5000 m	8:55.0	6
Richard Donovan		9:05.6	8
Charles Jewtraw		9:27.0	13
Bill Steinmetz		9:35.0	14
Valentine Bialas	10,000 m	18:34.0	8
Richard Donovan		18:57.0	9
Harry Kaskey		19:45.2	13
Joe Moore		19:36.2	12

References

• M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 - Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1924, full results by sports-reference.com